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Clinical trial of therapeutic vaccine against HBV carriers without anti-HBV treatment

phase II clinical trial of a therapeutic vaccine containing HBs/HBcAg for HBV carriers without ongoing anti-HBV treatment - HepBVac-P2ASC

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCTs061210087
Enrollment
200
Registered
2022-03-22
Start date
2022-06-06
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

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Conditions

chronic hepatitis B

Interventions

Participants will be assigned to CVP-NASVAC group or placebo group. CVP-NASVAC or placebo will be given total 10 doses every 2 weeks.

Sponsors

Hiasa Yoichi
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: HBV carriers who fulfill the inclusion criteria below (1) 20-85 years old (2) Positive for HBsAg or HBV-DNA (3) Not under nucleos(t)ide analogue or interferon treatment (4) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS: 0-2) (5) No evidence of organ dysfunction Liver: Child-Pugh Score less than 9 Kidney: eGFR more than 30 Heart: No severe heart failure by interview Lung: SpO2 above 90% in room air

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Allergic history of past vaccination (2) Pregnant, unwilling to practice contraception during the study or lactating female (3) Severe complication (malignant hypertension, severe congestive heart failure, severe liver failure, poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, severe pulmonary fibrosis, active interstitial pneumonia) (4) Bearing malignant carcinoma including HCC (5) Severe mental disability (6) Positive for HCV-RNA (7) Taking immunosuppressive drugs, steroid, interferon prior 90 days (8) Taking nucleos(t)ide analogues (9) Inappropriate to participate in this trial

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
amount of HBsAg reduction HBsAg loss (below 0.005 IU/mL by CLEIA) rate

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
amount of HBV-DNA reduction amount of HBcrAg reduction HBeAg seroconversion rate anti-HBs induction (more than 1.0 mIU/mL by CLEIA) rate HBcAg specific CTL induction

Contacts

Public ContactOsamu Yoshida

Ehime University

yoshidao@m.ehime-u.ac.jp+81-89-960-5308

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026